Here is a promo mix from Shadow Dancer to celebrate their new album "Love from Alan & Paul"

In their own words...

"Shadow Dancer - Love From Alan & PaulA Collection from 1997 – 2002: The new album from Shadow Dancer

Wow. 1998. What a year!

In music, Celine Dion was still whinging about a ship sinking, the Spice Girls finally said Goodbye and Chef from South Park asked you to suck on his Chocolate Salty Balls.

There was a World Cup in which England were predictably rubbish, Gillian Anderson was the world’s sexiest woman (yeah, that bird from the X-files) and Bill Clinton got one blow-job too many, this time resulting in a presidential impeachment.

Whilst the rest of the UK was consumed by the whirlwind of Cool Britannia, two young brothers in the North of England had a plan. Alan & Paul Farrier, aka SHADOW DANCER, set upon a four year journey to solidify their obsession with electronic music. Stemming from their youthful infatuation with the Detroit techno of Carl Craig and Juan Atkins, and British sound of Dave Clarke, Luke Slater and The Advent, Shadow Dancer set about writing an album that would define what techno meant to them.

Love From Alan & Paul is the fruit of those sessions at the turn of the last century; a time capsule which has immaculately preserved the energy and passion of their adolescence. Each of the 15 tracks is an exploration into the musical souls of their younger selves; coming together to make an album of great depth and beauty. Fried Electronic (the sole track from late 97), Xybots, and Pressurized: this looks, smells and feels like a safari into the techno tundra.

In later life, they have gone on to sign with the pre-eminent and prestigious Boys Noize Records, and establish a reputation as being the favourites of many a top-flight producer.

Whether it’s unearthing now is a miracle or purely testament to the time it took them to resuscitate old hard-drives, what we have here Ladies and Gentlemen, is a true gem; Shadow Dancer’s dissertation to the University of Techno."

You really need to grab this right NOW! It's yet another mix from Elite Force while he was at Buring Man this year. Over 4-hours of blissed out house, tech, swing, electronica on the back of 5 sleepless nights & double that number in Bloody Marys.

In Simon's own words...

"The sunrise sets at the Nutz camp have become something of an institution during my annual pilgrimages to Burning Man.As per usual they come after a number of days burnt out in the desert on sleepless nights, untold stimulants and with a mind blown from excess stimulation and inspired by being surrounded by hundreds of beautiful, passionate people.This year's set followed on from a fire & brimstone throwdown at Opulent Temple and I loved every single minute of it, especially when the 40ft UFO-platform appeared to 'shade' the dancefloor from the heat of the morning, and when during my fifth Bloody Mary of the morning, the BBQ arrived to ply us all with a seemingly endless supply of breakfast goodies."

It’s been an extremely exciting couple of months for the 22 year old half-Congolese, half-Angolan solo artist Yannick Ilunga, aka Petite Noir.

First of all his debut single Till We Ghosts blew up, and now Disappear is the next page in the Petite Noir story, offering a glimpse of what to expect next year.

Like all his music, Disappear is a unique concoction of influences, seamlessly fusing intricate contemporary electronics with his stirring, soulful vocal and African shuffles that echo is homeland.

This Autumn will see him take to the road in support of Foals, before he embarks on his first string of UK headline shows, and then heads to Europe for shows in Paris, Brussels and the Transmusicales festival in Rennes. There’s also US dates to follow in early 2013.

Swiss born Cyril Hahn is a name you're going to be hearing a lot more of in the coming months. Heavily championed by the likes of The XX, Annie Mac and Diplo, his excellent bootleg of Destiny's Child 'Say My Name' has already gained over half a million plays on Soundcloud. It's slowed down and sexier than ever.

If you are into soundtrack (which I am) then this will be right up your alley.

In their own words....

"This is an early release of the Pop Rocket Soundtrack. We thought it'd be fun to share it right when we finished it. We'll be updating and adding to this soundtrack later on though. We again had a wonderful time working with Olan Rogers! This score was written very instinctively and it is definitely something special to us. We hope you enjoy it!"
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